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November 2012

Apple Releases iTunes 11

November 2011

Apple Releases iTunes 10.5.1 with iTunes Match

May 2011

New Mac App "Smarts" for Smart Playlists

March 2010

Apple Releases iTunes 9.1

February 2010

Extending Genius playlists
Make even smarter Genius playlists
Apple Releases iTunes 9.0.3

September 2009

iTunes LPs Smart Playlist
Apple Releases iTunes 9.0

March 2009

Apple Announces iTunes 8.1

December 2008

Change of Smart Playlists behavior in iTunes 8

November 2008

Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.2

October 2008

Apple releases Tunes 8.0.1

September 2008

SuperGenius
And we have iTunes 8
iTunes 8 coming soon?

July 2008

Apple releases iTunes 7.7

April 2008

Apple posts iTunes 7.6.2

February 2008

Use iTunes search pane to search ratings
Fixing up your tags

January 2008

Apple acknowledges Smart Playlist "Video Kind" bug
Movies to rent from iTunes
iTunes 7.6 Released

November 2007

Another iTunes 7.5 smart playlist bug!
"Video Kind" broken in iTunes 7.5
iTunes 7.5 now available

October 2007

What breaks iPod Smart Playlists?
Separate Singles
How to find songs you missed
Lots of unrated songs?

September 2007

iTunes 7.4 - Album Rating
iTunes 7.4 Released
Pseudo / Virtual Album using BPM field
Artists featuring people

June 2007

iTunes 7.3 Released

May 2007

iTunes Plus tracks have new property
Apple releases iTunes 7.2
AutoRate iTunes Tracks

April 2007

Make Your Songs Earn Their Keep

March 2007

Apple launches iTunes 7.1

December 2006

Create Smart Playlists for iPods without music in iTunes
How to Create Different Play Ratios for 4 and 5 Star Songs
View all iTunes content in one list
Duplicate existing criteria in iTunes' Smart Playlists
Going for the Perfect Playlist
Dig up buried treasure on iTunes

November 2006

App: iTunes Album Playlist Creator
All Inclusive Mix
"Alternating" Smart Playlist
Forgotten Favourites
Clean X-Box 360 Play List
Use Consistent Adjectives
Truly Random Shuffle?
Podcast = true/false Bug
Use iPod to sync up your purchased music

October 2006

Top 100 of...
Use folders
Use iTunes "Browse Mode" for large changes
Great album tracks
Create MTV Double cheese

September 2006

Change Smart Playlist to regular playlist
Powerful Possibilities From Heavy Commenting
Manage Multiple Libraries in iTunes 7
Apple Releases iTunes 7 (updated 2x)
Yet to review
An Hour of Ecstasy
Best of

August 2006

iPod on Speed or Dope
How to Backup SmartPlaylists?
The Money's Worth
Immunity
Flashcards
Why stop at 5 stars?
Folders are playlists too

July 2006

Frequently Updated Playlist
My Billboard Top 100
How Smartplaylists Update?

June 2006

iTunes 6.0.5 is Out
Export Smart Playlist Criteria
Export Smart Playlist Criteria!

February 2006

Apple Releases iTunes 6.0.3

January 2006

iTunes 6.0.2 Allows Per-Podcast Retention
Bug: Tunes 6.0.2 & Rating Stars in Smart Playlists
Solution to Smart Playlists not dynamically on iPod!

November 2005

October 2005

Understanding iTunes Symbols
EQ By Song
Countdown
Top 10 By Genre
Apple: Smart Playlists stop updating

September 2005

Apple iPod FAQ's
Apple Releases iTunes 5.0!

August 2005

"Best of"
'Nested' Playlists
Apple Admits Fault in Smart Playlists on iPod
My Playlist System
Ultimate Playlist
Me Versus You
Album Playlist
The Wonderyears
On The Go Radio Stations

July 2005

Auto-update my iTunes library
An extremely smart "radio-station-like" playlist
"THE" Playlist
Complete Delete
Billboard Hits
Downsampling songs that have a length bigger than 8 MB
Floating Shuffle
Using a playlist as a filter
Questionable Doubt
Let a song play to the end - then stop.
On This Day: 1 Year Ago
Question Interrupted...?
How do I manually sync?
SPL Performance with Long Comments
Happy Birthday MP3!
Last Play date and Play Count not updating
iTunes Preferences Shortcuts
Checked/Unchecked Songs
Smart Playlists Not Working After iPod Update
New Postings Coming Today!

June 2005

iTunes 4.9 with Podcast Support Released

May 2005

iBang's Ultimate Shuffle Mix
"You" Songs
Love How the Ladies Sing
Apple Releases iTunes 4.8
Songs not in a playlist?
My favs- four stage
Top 25 Playlist

April 2005

How to Make a High-Quality Audio CD in iTunes
New iPod Compilations Feature on iPod
Moving Songs from Computer to iPod- Permanently

March 2005

Microsoft PlaysForSure- definitely not.
Podcasts "Served Fresh Daily!"
Best Albums Playlist
Managing a huge library
Lost Ratings
FreshMix
Managing comments
Clean Lyric Playlists

February 2005

Travelogue
Ratings-weighted playlist
Forget-Me-Nots
Comments
Yes, site updates again!
Syncing in the Depths
A Shuffle full
Getting the Right Mix

January 2005

fake iPod shuffle playlist
kick out songs after they play
The Question is...
Remove/Repair/Rate
Cross Referencing
That darn question queue!
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tier Playlists
Keeping It All In Sync (Playcount, My Rating, etc)
No AIFF or Apple Lossless Playback for iPod Shuffle
iPod Shuffle Offers New Loading Option!
MacWorld Product Announcements!
Random Genre CD's
Happy New Year!

December 2004

Top 10 of 2004!
Don't like Shuffle
iTunes Manages PDF's?
My "Daily Mix"
Movie time
Lyric Sample
Top 20 lists
My kid's SPL
Classical Ratings
Podcasting suggestions
Family Harmony Radio Station
Easy scrolling
Genre Mix

November 2004

I love women
Daily Specials for CD
SmartPlaylists.com Featured in O'Reilly Book

October 2004

iArt
Apple releases Tunes 4.7!
Happy Birthday iPod!
reconsider too high or too low
Autumn Playlist. . .
Acoustic (guitar) mix
101.5 KPOD

September 2004

Remix Mix
"Reconsider" Playlist
Seldom Salad
B-Sides
Grouping your single tracks
Faith

August 2004

Play Sequence Using Comments
The Purge (rating systems again)
A to Z
Welcome New York Times Readers
Simple iPod Rating System
Songs "Selected By...?" - - How to Remember?
Anyone for Cocktails?
The Excluded playlist
iPod Personal Radio Station

July 2004

Website: TunesTracker
App: Random Playlist Creator
About iPod Battery
Create Radio Stations
Rate 'em all
Remove/Repair
Classical Music Tip

June 2004

Why Should I Slave Over CD Tags?
Another Romance List
How to move music files without losing Play count

May 2004

Refresh Smart Playlists Using AppleScript
Rainbow
Thank you iTunes 4.5...
Smart playlists that truly follow your mood
Best Friends Mix
When did my music become work?
Yet more listening to an entire library
Concert from your Speakers
Rating weighting
Unsung Heros

April 2004

80's Music (Pop AND Rock)
Those little arrows!
Apple releases Tunes 4.5!
My system
Least Played Favourites
One Hit Wonders
No iPod? Fill a CD-RW
Yet Another Unrated Playlist
More than One Way to Skin a Cat
Finding Album Artwork
Not Getting Enough Play
High School Radio
Getting Your Money's Worth

March 2004

Recent 5 Favorites
A New Tool in the Fight Against Faulty Tags
Getting to a playlist fast
Alternative to iTunes auto-selection
Using the Compilation Tag to Reduce the Number of Artists
Site News: Questions Unlocked & Upgraded
Ask Apple for a Better Keywords System
Looking Back: School Days
not so smart playlist
High Fidelity
Create Smart Playlists according to "Group" in songs...

February 2004

songs about robots
Better Ratings
Japester's Administrative Suite
Ripping DVDs
Compilation Checkbox
Random for Work List
Great #2's
Live Hour
Creating a "weighted" playlist based on rating
Soundtrack Genres
Keeping Your Music Folder Clean
Rearranging Multiple Artwork Sequence
Splitting Classical Discs
Multiple Artwork
Tagging: Keeping the No. of Albums Down
Tagging: Keeping it Simple with Artist Names
Eliminating Library Duplicates
Playlist Philosophy (Klevn's)

January 2004

iTunes 4: About the iPod Selection Playlist
Aesthetic Punctuation
Get rid of duplicate entries
Getting the Most out of Classical Music with iTunes and the iPod
Caffeine and Cocoa
Administrative Playlists
Classic Albums
Rate music quickly
New Releases
Classic Rock
Refreshing a Random Playlist Directly on the iPod
Flavors of Mozart
Absolute Favorites
Star Ratings
Bring the beat down
Song 2
Hidden Tracks
A good way to rotate all your music

December 2003

How do you match genre?
Limiting to 2 or 3 genres
Clean Holiday Music
iTunes Hot Tips
Apple quietly releases iTunes 4.2
Artist(s) of the day
Forgotten Gems
To Be Rated- again
To Be Deleted
Apple Feedback: Help improve iTunes & the iPod
Extracting Hidden CD Tracks
Exclude 'bind' tracks in random playlists
Rating Point of Reference
Getting more specific results
Adding up your plays

November 2003

Smarter Genre Playlists
Songs about her
Live Music
Website for hosting playlists - Musicmobs
Regular Backups of Music
Last Import
iPod Game- Guess the Body Part
Good tracks not played lately
Rate Songs On iPod
Site News: Added Questions and Archive
New Rips
Singles
Another use for playlists
Saving battery life on your iPod

October 2003

Halloween Party Playlist
News: Archive Added, New Sidebar Features
dj sets
Quick hits
Lost Friends
iTunes Support Pages
What if?
Heavy Rotation Singles
Musical Timer
Re-Randomize Smart Playlists
Pre-millennium / Stuff I Haven't Heard Lately
100 Least Played
Last Played and Play Counts
Connect your website directly to iTMS
Rid yourself of Low Quality Tracks
New iTunes Music Store Welcomes Windows Users
Clear unwanted comments
Use a Comment Tag to subdivide genres
Avoiding your Child's music
Never Played Songs
Using Genre or Comments to divide "his and hers" tracks
Only good heavy rock
Not Played Since 2002
iTrip workaround
Expand a 5 gig iPod
Streaming Tracks Playlist
View your Artwork on All 3 Macs
Multiple Bands
Top 25
Play Count Hierarchy
Unrated Edition!
80's Music
Good Songs I Don't Hear Enough
Almost Perfect
Easy Album Art
Save Your Song Info
Mess-free AAC Format Conversion
Great iTunes Utility
Work Playlist
Smart Playlists in your iPod
Keeping It Clean
Random, Rated, and Even-handed
.:. randomizer
Files to back up
Composting for iPod
Added but not played
How to Use the iTunes 4.0 Music Store Shopping Cart
Apple to launch iTunes for Windows
CDDB When Not Connected
iPod Auto-Sync Problem
Top 50 Plays
Recently Played
Just Added
Random 25
Top Rated
iTunes Top 20 Smart Playlist Strategy
The Modern Mix Tape

September 2003

Add Ratings to Songs
Songs added in the last month- no rating

August 2003

Old Favorites
Quickly Rate Songs
Filter Smart Playlists by Kind
Delete Songs from Smart Playlists & Library
3 Stars +
1 Star +
Never Been Played
Newest 100 Cuts
Keep Track of Purchased Music
Recreate "Purchased Music" playlist
Newest Rated
Rising
How to Edit Smart Playlists
How to Create a Smart Playlist

July 2003

What is a Smart Playlist?
Announcing: SmartPlaylists.com

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	Danger Donkey: this was fixed in 7.6 http://docs.i ... Jan 24 \| 10:33 am deviantopian: I'm a big fan of the Wonder Years so this really appeals to me. Here's my setup: ---1991--- all of the ... Jan 19 \| 9:37 pm Danger Donkey: Here's something I hadn't seen before: Files have a "Skip Count" as well as the old Play Count. ... Jan 17 \| 4:30 pm kurly: This is a question relating to dynamic updating of SPL’s using the following criteria (as an example): •Grouping Contains: .p/a. •Grouping Contains: ... Dec 12 \| 9:38 am tokyochlo: I don't understand, I do have a lot of CD's ripped onto my iTunes with different artists on them but ... Dec 08 \| 11:46 pm HammRadio: This doesn't handle a query for all songs not in a playlist. But to find which playlists "The World ... Dec 05 \| 8:55 am kitanaor: OMG OMG OMG!!!! My iPod now automatically updates w/o having to sync it to iTunes. You have NO ... Nov 21 \| 6:03 am

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